Coping with Holiday Stress: 5 Essential Tips By Dr. Maoshing Ni - Posted Wed, Nov 28, 2007, 5:16 pm PST

1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Nov 28, 2007, 11:23 pm PST

How to enjoy our holiday and how to manage the stress during the holiday. Dr.mao gave us 5 tips here, and do you want to get more helpful tips? My friend recommended me to visit a site the name seemed as "GreenFriends.com", he told me we could talk together on it and we could get more good suggestions by discussing.

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Nov 29, 2007, 4:21 pm PST

Great Tips

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:30 am PST

Good article.

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:34 am PST

thanks dr., very simple, and direct, unlike most of the garbage on yahoo...

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:36 am PST

The breathing exercise made me feel good!! It took a while lot of stress out of me! Thank You Dr.

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:39 am PST

How about......pray for patience and have faith that by being faith driven God will take on all your burdens......because that's what he wants.

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:40 am PST

tell the women (angela) what she is getting for Christmas

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:41 am PST

wow that was real helpful

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:44 am PST

Good advice thanx!

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:45 am PST

I need all of those and more. These are crazy times requiring Gratitude, Acceptance and Tolerance. I like being the kind of person that let's people in on the highway, honestly asks clerks "how they are doing" and that sort of thing. I find it helps with my own serenity.

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:46 am PST

hooping is a great way to destress, move the body and experience total well-being. www.bodyhoops.com

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:46 am PST

i agree... what helps me relax is making things from scratch, like little girfts and my own personal cards.. almost like meditation... that or I go to ChubbySanta.com ! just thought i'd put my two sense in...

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:48 am PST

All of your suggestions made sense.

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14. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:48 am PST

I was a little concerned when I read the name of the doctor. Dr. Mao!! Just brought back memories of the so-caled "cold war". His article is great. He uses a lot of common sense ideas coupled with ancient arts such as meditation, etc. East meets west kind of thing I suppose! His idea of breathing techniques at the end of the article reminds me of the "Lazarus tapes" I listened too when I was in nursing school. Pretty much same thing about breathing slowly and releasing the tension through the body except the Lazarus tapes had you start at the feet and work upwards. Regardless of where you start, they do work! At least it works for me and that's all I can speak to.

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15. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Dec 06, 2007, 11:49 am PST

Just tell family and friends you cannot afford to buy them gifts (except for your own children & spouse that is). Tell them that is also not what Christmas is about anyway. Tell them let's make a deal no gift exchanging. Then you just buy gifts for your own kids and spouse only. Shop in October and get in done before Thanksgiving. There you go I solved everyone's holiday stress!!!

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